Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Jones Valley (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Jones Valley. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Jones Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Jones Valley: Jones Vly. (or less commonly used: Jones Vally. or Jones Vlly.)
- While the name of this community is Jones Valley, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Valley may originally have been Jone's Valley.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Valley might be written as Jone Valley.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jones Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Jones Valley is located in Hickman County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hickman County: Dickson, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury, Perry & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Jones Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones Valley:
- Hickman County (The home county of Jones Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Duck River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Primm Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Primm Springs is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm Springs
- Littlelot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Tottys Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Graytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Swan Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Swan Bluff is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Bluff
- Wrigley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Bon Aqua Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Lyles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nunnelly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Kingston Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bell Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Pegram
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Linton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Bellevue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Abiff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Abiff is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abiff
- Spencers Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spencers Mill is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencers Mill
- Tidwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Pomona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Burns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Dickson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- White Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Tennessee City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Charlotte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Campbellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Liberty Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Lynnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Grandmother Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Bethpage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Henryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Henryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
- Webber City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Webber City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber City
- Ethridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Kimmins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmins is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins
- Hohenwald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Voorhies
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Berlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Caney Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Caney Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Spring
- South Berlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Berlin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- Globe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Chartersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chartersville is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people
- Fly
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- New Flys Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Flys Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Flys Village
- Greenfield Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
- Williamsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Williamsport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Hill Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hill Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Town
- Arkland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arkland is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkland
- Santa Fe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sawdust
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sawdust is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,461 people
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
- Armour Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Armour Village is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour Village
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Lobelville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Beardstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beardstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Burwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fernvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Loriland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loriland is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
- Leipers Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
- Thompson's Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <2>
- Southall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Parry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Parry is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parry
- Estimated population in 2014: 262 people
- Duplex
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Duplex is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Forest Home
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Jones Valley.
Cemeteries Near Jones Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones Valley.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Jones Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hanes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jones Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woody Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bingham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charles Houston Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bryant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Charter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1223 more) ...
- Akin Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akin Ridge Cemetery
- The Akin Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Akin Ridge Nazarene Church Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dunlan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Jones Valley had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Valley, with the one closest to Jones Valley listed first.
- Duck River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Duck River is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck River
- Water Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Water Valley is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Bluffpoint ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bluffpoint is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffpoint
- Littlelot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littlelot is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlelot
- Williamsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Williamsport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Fly
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fly is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly
- Lick Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lick Creek is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Kettle Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kettle Mills is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Mills
- Little Rock Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock Mills is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Mills
- Tottys Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tottys Bend is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tottys Bend
- Santa Fe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whiteoak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteoak is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteoak
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Graytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Graytown is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
- Swan Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Swan Bluff is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Bluff
- Mowd ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mowd is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowd
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Valley.
Newspapers Published in Jones Valley ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Valley, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Jones Valley:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hickman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheatham County
- Davidson County
- Dickson County
- Giles County
- Humphreys County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Perry County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jones Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jones Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |